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Summary: Great Multi- Genre Film.
Review: This movie has been written off by some as a zombie horror flick. Well that's about 1/4 correct as I see it. It is also great Sci-fi/drama/action-adventure/etc. film. Fortunately most of the critics see it more than that as well. It reminds me of those great low budget films of the early to mid 70s that didn't spend alot of money but got their point across.The film is centers mainly on one character, Jim (Cillian Murphy). He is one of a handfull of survivors of the release of a deadly ebola type (and apparently human manufactured) virus called rage (inadvertantly released by animal activists trying to save chimps). Jim wakes up from a coma to find his entire world has vanished...almost. One of the best scenes of the film is watching Jim walk through a deserted London, having no idea what's happened, while the films beggining theme plays in the background. The virus has apparently affected most of the population, turning them into blood vomitting, raging, "zombies" of sorts. Eventually Jim meets up with 2 other "survivors", Mark and Selena (excellent job by Naomie Harris). From there the idea is to survive and to find other "survivors". I think the moral of the film (if there is one) is how would normal humans (survivors) react to a situation like this as opposed to the infected...and which would be worse to face? you might be surprized to find out. This film wasn't as scary as I thought it would be but it was also much better than I thought it would be. It is a modern version of all my late 60 early 70 sci-fi favorite apocolyptic films..Planet of the Apes...A Boy and his Dog...Eraserhead...Etc. Not the same type of film but in the same spirit. Anyway..Great director (Danny Boyle) Great cast...great Movie.
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Summary: Not bad, but not great
Review: Scariest movie since the Exorcist? Ah, no. Not even close. But maybe British folk scare easier than Americans. 28 Days is a good movie, but it's scariest moments rely on surprise rather than genuine terror. Rest assured Exorcist fans, while 28 Days is a decent flick for a quiet night alone, it does not come close to keeping you awake all night like visions of Linda Blair's head rotating might.
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Summary: Could have been better...
Review: I really thought that this movie could have been better...It really wasn't as good as I thought it would be...I mean yeah it is suspenseful and and pretty freaky and stuff, but I thought that should have included more of that into the movie...It was mostly dialogue and wandering around instead of "rage" events...They really could have included more fighting against the zombie scenes...Don't get me wrong I really did enjoy the film, but like I said, they could have made this better...
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Summary: Boring, slow, not even relatively scary!!
Review: The back of the DVD says the most horrifying movie since the Exorcist!!! 3 alternate endings that will haunt you!! I had to make sure I had the right movie. I've seen scarier episodes of Scooby Doo!! The producers and directors of this must have paid off the reviewers for this film. There was not a SINGLE scary moment in this entire film. Save your time and money. If you do watch this, believe me, you'll be sitting in awe wondering what the heck all of the hype was surrounding this overblown waste of time.
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Summary: Zombie, shmombie.
Review: I can't believe the hype surrounding this flick. What starts out a great update of the 'zombie' idea with some end of the world flavor one eighties into something about as terrrifying and engaging as the undead dance sequence from THRILLER. It's dissapointing really, the film has an darkened look and feel that would've been great given a better script. A great modern day, realistic survival/zombie film has yet to be made, because this is not it. Unsympathetic characters are half of the blame and we've seen them before in dozens of genere films. I hate watching a movie where the players act in a fashion that no human being would behave. The old cliche where the lone person goes into the dark, creepy room just to look around has been over-overdone. I understand a film such as this is already stretching the bounds of reality, however can't one be made that's somewhat realistic? There a plot points-a-plenty that go unexplained, as well as twists that just didn't work, making for a strangely unexpected second half. On par with RESIDENT EVIL (the movie, not the video game, which is a far better apocalyptic zombie experience than this), which isn't that good itself. I might have been expecting too much here, but the end result could have been so much more than horror retreads filmed with flair.
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Summary: Not what you think
Review: The other reviews are right. This was sold as a terror movie, but it is not. This is a good movie about fighting for human life and normalcy but do not think this is scary in any way. Its starts out promising as horror but ends up with a group of people fighting against a semi military group trying to start a new life. The parts involving zombie attacks are pretty good but the rest is feel good stuff fighting a renegade military group trying to take women to start a new world. Its definitly is worth renting to watch, but know what you're getting into before you buy. However, if you have a sound system, you will be happy, because the sound is outstanding.
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Summary: Weak and Irritating
Review: As a fan of any kind of movie that is loosely similiar to Zombies I had high hopes for this movie.
No such luck.
Despite the obvious homage to Omega Man and George Romero, this falls horribly short. From characters you do not care about, to plot holes to the choppy erratic cinematography that is in vogue now as a way to try and introduce tension, this movie fails on all counts. Can't understand what people find intriguing with this dissapointing use of celluloid. Save you money and watch Romero's classics or even Omega Man.
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Summary: The best horror film of the 20th century (to date)
Review: It is not so much that "28 Days Later..." is a classic horror film, but that this 2003 effort is heads and shoulders above the schlock that fans of the genre have had to endure so far this century. Even when a horror film has a good ("Ghost Ship") or great ("Jeepers Creepers") opening, the rest of the film and the payoff end up being disappointing. The payoff for "28 Days Later..." is a debatable element as well, especially when director Danny Boyle offers an alternative theatrical ending as well as an additional ending that basically combines the first two on the DVD. You will have to decide that offering different endings, one of which you will have to like a lot more than the other, is ultimately a good thing or a bad thing. The prologue of the film begins with televised images of rioting in the streets, but the main show has not begun yet. Instead we are watching a chimpanzee that is being subjected to all this media violence in a medical testing facility somewhere in England. A group of animal activists arrive to document the treatment of the chimps and to set them free, which they do, despite the frantic protests of one of the lab's scientists who explains the animals have been infected with a "rage" virus. Of course the do-gooders do not listen and 28 days later Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in a hospital bed from a coma, having been hit by a car, and discovers everybody is gone. In a series of chilling shots, Jim makes his way through a deserted London, finding only bits and pieces of information in scattered newspapers about a virus that has forced the evacuation of the city. In a corpse filled church he meets an apparent survivor, but there is clearly something wrong and it is only when Jim is rescued by Selena (Naomie Harris) and Mark (Noah Huntley) that they explain the bad news. These are, for the purposes of this film, the rules of the game and they are straightforward and simple enough to make this horror film work. After all, the obvious comparison here is with "Night of the Living Dead," where the dead rose to become flesh-eating zombies because the earth passed through the tail of a comet. Since minimal direct contact with fluids carrying the virus result in someone becoming "infected" in 10-20 seconds, I keep thinking that most of these people are ghouls rather than zombies, but correct categorization is not an imperative here. Unlike the slow, doddering zombies of George A. Romero's film, the infected are more manic and considerably more violent. Still, it is impossible to forget that black & white classic, especially when it comes to believing that our small band of heroes are going to get out of this with any of them being alive. After Mark becomes the obligatory first fatality, making it clear how quickly people turn and that the only way of dealing with it is to kill the infected person P.D.Q., Jim and Selena team up with the unlikely team of cab driver Frank (Brendan Gleeson) and his teenage daughter Hannah (Megan Burns). Having picked up a repeating radio message that the answer for infection can be found at a military post outside of Manchester (a scene that will remind older viewers of a sub-plot in the film "On the Beach"), the quartet head out of town to see if they can find other survivors. Meanwhile, high up in the stratosphere an airliner passes overhead, a sign that the normal world is out there somewhere, but that England is a quarantined land. The fact that the last part of "28 Days Later..." turns into more of an action film strikes some viewers as odd, but the situation is comparable to "Aliens," where you can slaughter dozens of the bad guys because they are not considered human, a free pass to mondo blood-letting and lots of gore in the logic of contemporary movie making. At the heart of it all is the attempt of the main characters, a family unit forged out of necessity and fear, to keep alive. Our ability to relate to their situation is what makes this film work, which is why the cast are unfamiliar faces, as in "The Blair Witch Project." The effective rock score by John Murphy and cinematography by Anthony Dod Mantle are other strong elements as well. For the record, I think the alternative theatrical ending provides the strongest ending. That version is at least a 4.5 and I round up to make it clear that "28 Days Later..." is the top choice for discerning horror film fans who are looking for something that will turn their stomach...in a good way.
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Summary: Not bad, but definately not as good as people said....
Review: I remember a friend of mine said she had to walk out of the movie when "28 Days Later" was still in theatres because it was so scary. I didn't find this to be very scary at all. I did however, think it was worth watching. If you are in to violence and disgusting scenes than this movie is for you. If you are looking to get scared, go get "The Ring", or see "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." This movie is okay, but it's not what I'd call a horror film.
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Summary: Great virus/end of the world movie
Review: Some people think that this movie is a zombie movie but it really isnt, there is no flesh eating and there is no slow moving zombies. In fact there the complete opposite in this movie they are fast and they scratch or bite. One zombie even says something in the cheeseburger restaurant scene. The directing in this movie is fantastic, i trully think that Danny Boyle is the next horror director next to Wes Craven and George A. Romero. Pretty long for a zombie movie and a good scare. Some shots were kind of weird like you seen the zombies running up to the house in one scene which takes the scaryness out of it. But nevertheless the shots of deserted London were great and the drive through all of England. The dvd isnt the greatest, the alternate endings are a waist and the deleted scence are dull. So all in all a great end of the world movie
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